#106. Rulers of the Abyss

The moment Kim Jin-Woo was sucked into the ritual, a calamity revealed itself as if it had been waiting for him.

The ceilings and ground that separated the Floors collapsed, and countless labyrinths swept away by the collapse were destroyed. The surviving Nobles and labyrinth masters had to live through the nightmare by locking themselves up in their labyrinths, hoping for the disaster to end as soon as possible. In the process, however, countless more labyrinths were destroyed once again.

The sacrifices made were more terrible than any war they had ever fought, and the surviving residents of the Underworld were terrified for their lives. They were too weak and helpless in the face of such great and irresistible malice. Most quickly grew weary from the endless collapses and tectonic shifts.

Was this how the end of the Underworld would look if it finally came?

At some point in time, the word ‘end’ had become ingrained in the survivors’ minds, and nobody could fault them for that. Two-thirds of the 100,000 labyrinth owners had been swept away by the calamity; thus, it was unsurprising for the survivors to entertain such thoughts.

With the labyrinths having lost all their masters and the Underworld having very few beings left alive, it was as if the Underworld had become a large cemetery....